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1 Samuel 2:27-29
Lexham English Bible

Yahweh Rebukes Eli

27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him: “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your ancestor[a] when they were in Egypt under the house of Pharaoh? 28 And I chose him from all the tribes of Israel to be a priest to me, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to bear an ephod before me. I gave to the house of your ancestor[b] all the offerings made by fire by the Israelites.[c] 29 Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering which I commanded for my dwelling place, while you honored your sons more than me by making yourselves fat from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:27 Or “father,” meaning Aaron
  2. 1 Samuel 2:28 Or “father”
  3. 1 Samuel 2:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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